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Aspects Of Web Design

Web designing is probably the most widely employed designing around the world! Every recognized body, every association, almost every actor has a website. As of 2009, there are more than 233 million websites. Every site has numerous web pages! What is the total number of web pages? You do the maths! Statistics say that if you click on a webpage each second of the day, it would take us 99 years to complete the internet. Add to that the thousands of pages getting created each day! Staggering numbers aren’t they?

So imagine you are an owner of a website! How can you make your web site stand out among the multitudes of websites available online? What aspects make a professional website? What makes it special? What makes it different from the masses of websites on the internet created by amateurs?

First, the most important aspect is the appearance of the website. When we speak of the appearance that the majority means two things.

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One is color combination. Too many colors make the website unattractive. Also websites can be browsed by people with eyesight impairments; too many colors can be a strain on their eyes. Professional designers usually go with 3 main colors and their various shades. Also the color combination should be done in a way that main content of the webpage stands out and is readable. In most cases the background and the text are in contrasting colors, allowing a person to easily read the text on the web page. After all the reason you create a website is that people read it! For example the popular website Yahoo uses white for background, purple for logo and black for text. While the coloring of the website is simple and attractive the text on the web page stands out and can be easily read without strain.

Another thing to consider is that the images or graphics on the site must be closely related to the website. It is also something that reflects negatively on web designers. Images that are out of context can mislead the user and that is something no professional web site owner you want.

Most commonly a page called the home page has links to almost all parts of the web site content. Navigation should be simple, the links must stand on its website, and should not have more than 3-4 links to a person to reach a destination. This makes navigation much easier. Consider the same example again. Yahoo home page has links to all web page content – email, games, messaging, movies, music and more. The other is navigation. Navigation means – your guide to move from one place to another, in this case refers to the links on a web page to move through your website!

In other words the difference between a professional web designer and an amateur is that a professional web designer keeps it simple and easy.

Aya Wilkinson is a Team Leader of Aclickahead.co.uk Writers, having a large number of articles published on various well reputed internet sites. Her writing about latest trends in Branding and Web Designing can be found at Web Design and Promotional Merchandise